How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
4 O. E c5 y }3 X; R公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇# [2 W/ g- z* z
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6 ?& {8 U% D) ]. p* W/ qThe clear and present danger公仔箱論壇4 I( b) @1 G7 M. q5 V' W+ h% R
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If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain asTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。/ D! y, o1 S, U( s
picturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over
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! ^& v) M/ p" c- l7 z6 q2 OA hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
( z5 O0 e# w: L6 eos.tvboxnow.comThe tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many公仔箱論壇$ @- h( y! ~- F
new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those公仔箱論壇, z! w: A3 u7 t
of migrants./ S) W- s9 } z1 v, s$ b
- |7 C/ J$ S; y2 N+ |How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?
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Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sighttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 o8 G4 F! a- @3 H% j
20 years later.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。3 X% Q. y+ {/ V, Y
. C1 ?1 y8 ~# wos.tvboxnow.comHe said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malaystvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ I9 ^* X, M1 G+ c6 n
in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the公仔箱論壇6 v* M' n% m/ N* ]3 y; P- ^
Chinese population less and less.& V' [1 W# X+ _% `2 `9 D* v
% p0 i- @9 U( M y" eThe Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of公仔箱論壇, b' D0 T) U/ z
the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,
: `* [' W! x% X7 F7 f公仔箱論壇but because those who could afford would have sent their children
6 X7 C# K5 P* A公仔箱論壇overseas, who would decide not to come back.os.tvboxnow.com' f8 L8 |. ]# N5 ?
"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the# P6 X5 n$ P! \+ W; T5 j n
country's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* `- J- p! b4 L- S
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Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems- W% N( e. @: ]0 J# V" g: p: a W9 U
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MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarksTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% e1 F1 q0 V* g& u. H
have touched the hearts of many a Malaysian.os.tvboxnow.com! B6 q2 O0 H& _" v, c' y! C
1 }8 \! M# \% R8 b2 H6 M4 }If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we can
. W& k: Y0 ~9 v# f3 k+ jimagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a
6 Z: U+ l3 t& I$ J; \+ D+ los.tvboxnow.comhundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to
7 Q. @! X- O% E4 Z6 K" Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbcarefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a+ I5 c! x+ Q* G; }% s# l9 h& Q
glimpse of one or two of them.os.tvboxnow.com e& |7 \% l+ C: r- ?: n
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That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we, k/ d) k8 Z' T6 }" ~/ C6 z5 w
will not be reduced to a rare species by then.
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The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady
+ b( K+ J" Q# n* t0 Odecline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,os.tvboxnow.com5 P8 Y4 A9 P) |, V, t5 C
they will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressive
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$ h$ q9 t. c$ m& y9 f+ g, T: g ?This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 V2 ?! G' K" @* Y( w: ?
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But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait8 B- a& p% ~* a1 h# t) ], L
helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 F- N3 y9 _* {. C$ n$ m$ T- n: K
$ P& t V1 s; Y+ r6 sThey have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and公仔箱論壇5 G9 r( ?+ E2 w9 t
be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such a" c4 y( N+ N7 l& B* O
predestination.公仔箱論壇$ U9 {& J6 E: w9 h8 k: h. F1 o. N
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The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese: Y' i# D6 J3 |$ P% a7 ]
Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and more
8 V6 ^1 c0 I$ h, ^; f# \$ ?os.tvboxnow.comethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese
6 ?, {* Q* W. K8 }' _# f' Vcommunity is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians willtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 k7 e j8 y3 p: k N0 W
exit the country in droves.
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$ |7 W9 a4 I- F1 S) z7 k7 ?On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,
3 ^0 }: B5 u( ]# ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbconflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, the
4 d( n5 q8 n# C" F, r; E7 t' Uos.tvboxnow.comcommon Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of
" E( G9 D: M4 }公仔箱論壇secularity stays very much relevant, then Chinese Malaysians will have a
$ g% ]1 S3 M+ S1 oos.tvboxnow.commuch more promising future here.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。* l4 z2 t9 N. ~ b4 Y. j: L
So will Malaysia .os.tvboxnow.com3 |) m+ J: i' U6 {
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important
: T8 D$ ~+ L0 f ?0 r; `7 mTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will
7 N, W5 Y" l3 H6 e# P* v' Pbe their very own competitiveness.
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# n( G* `7 m1 f7 m$ _& q# Y1 y0 o公仔箱論壇In this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
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internal conditions remain this bleak.2 y( |- W" T3 J/ M: f" }
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years公仔箱論壇7 j) z( w T3 K& T+ @
from now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.os.tvboxnow.com/ i; k" f# `5 M2 X8 a2 w7 c, s
9 D6 ]+ A4 r* kMeaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently takingtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) Q: p T4 c6 a8 c) i3 v
place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinesetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# i* _! g3 x) |9 t# k$ V$ H+ Y4 R
community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and公仔箱論壇1 Q. t4 _+ J3 Q) x# j# {0 ^) `
farsighted leadership, not one engrossed with endless infighting. |
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